Evaluation of seven gene signature for predicting HCV recurrence post-liver transplantation

Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Table 5 Biochemical parameters of the 106 recipients post-OLT

	Liver transplanted patients
	HCV recurrence		Non-recurrence		P value
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	P value
BMI	27.41	2.41	26.83	2.44	0.339
Hb.%	11.25	1.18	11.74	1.13	0.077
WBCsX10³	4.92	1.48	6.19	1.68	0.001
PlateletsX10³	146.00	38.60	187.52	33.16	< 0.001
ALT	125.87	46.15	36.52	27.53	< 0.001
AST	97.59	40.41	27.87	21.15	< 0.001
ALP	141.28	58.55	73.79	65.87	< 0.001
GGT	80.50	21.07	58.63	77.47	< 0.001
Alb.	3.69	0.30	3.92	0.28	0.002
T.Bil.	2.11	0.88	1.16	0.66	< 0.001
D.Bil.	1.18	0.66	.52	0.52	< 0.001
Urea	42.56	10.61	41.10	13.46	0.252
Creat.	1.04	0.32	1.03	0.25	0.858
Na	139.06	2.03	138.92	2.57	0.968
K	3.85	0.19	4.00	0.30	0.004

Data are expressed as mean ±standard deviation
BMI body mass index, Hb hemoglobin, ALT serum alanine aminotransferase, AST serum aspartate aminotransferase, T.Bil & D.Bil total and direct bilirubin, respectively